diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index 4c0e78a25c921a..baa671944480d8 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -3520,7 +3520,7 @@ added:
 > Stability: 1.2 - Release candidate
 
 * `algorithm` {string|undefined}
-* `data` {string|ArrayBuffer|Buffer|TypedArray|DataView} When `data` is a
+* `data` {string|Buffer|TypedArray|DataView} When `data` is a
   string, it will be encoded as UTF-8 before being hashed. If a different
   input encoding is desired for a string input, user could encode the string
   into a `TypedArray` using either `TextEncoder` or `Buffer.from()` and passing
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
index 50af7b6bb32abf..fda2017fa0cc95 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ const {
   validateEncoding,
   validateString,
   validateUint32,
-  validateBuffer,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const {
@@ -196,8 +195,8 @@ async function asyncDigest(algorithm, data) {
 
 function hash(algorithm, input, outputEncoding = 'hex') {
   validateString(algorithm, 'algorithm');
-  if (typeof input !== 'string') {
-    validateBuffer(input, 'input');
+  if (typeof input !== 'string' && !isArrayBufferView(input)) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('input', ['Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView', 'string'], input);
   }
   let normalized = outputEncoding;
   // Fast case: if it's 'hex', we don't need to validate it further.